2Pac‘s murder case continues to take more twists and turns as a witness has claimed that Orlando Andersonwasn’t the triggerman, contrary to popular opinion.
Anderson’s uncle, Duane “Keefe D” Davis, was arrested last week in connection with the late rapper’s death, marking the first time charges have been made in the long-unsolved case.
Davis, a former South Side Compton Crip, has been charged with “murder with the use of a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang,” according to court documents obtained by HipHopDX.
Prosecutors say the motive for the killing was “retribution” against 2Pac, who along with his entourage had attacked Anderson in the lobby of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas hours before he was shot on September 7, 1996.
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They claim that Davis was in the car from which the drive-by shooting occurred along with Orlando Anderson (a.k.a. Baby Lane) and two other men, Terrence “Bubble Up” Brown and Deandre “Big Dre” Smith. He allegedly handed the murder weapon to one of Anderson or Smith who were sat behind him in the backseats.
While it has long been believed that Anderson was the one who fired the shots, an affiliate of the South Side Compton Crips testified in the weeks leading up to the indictment that it was Smith, not Anderson, who killed 2Pac.
“When [Davis] passed the firearm to Orlando, Orlando didn’t have a clear shot,” the witness told a Las Vegas grand jury, per 8 News Now. “Big Dre is six-six. At this time he’s 370, 400 [pounds]. He’s big.
“And you’re not going to be able to lean over a big guy like that and get — I mean, my time of knowing things, doing — you’re not going to reach over like that because shells would have been popping all in Big Dre’s face and all kind of stuff. He can’t bend down or…
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